Chapter 24 KW

Artemisia Gentileschi

Important woman painter of the Baroque.

Baldacchino

A bronze canopy.

Baroque

A style begun in Rome characterized by dynamic, plaint, spiraling forms, and diagonal composition.

Bolognese Academy of Art

The first academic institution that established rigid classical standards and the study of anatomy and life drawing.

Caravaggio

Italian Baroque painter known for using low-life models in dingy places, showing disdain for Classical masters.

Carracci

Established the Bolognese Academy and painted 'ideal' landscapes.

Flaying

To strip off the skin.

Genre

Depicting scenes of everyday life.

Landscape

Scenes of the outdoors in specific places.

Loggia

A balcony.

Mercantilism

An economic system designed to unify and increase national wealth through regulation of the economy, accumulation of gold, and favorable trade.

Nereids

Daughters of the sea god.

New Science

Emergence of fields like astronomy, physics, biology, and mathematics; emphasis on experimentation and tangible proof.

Royal Style

Portraits that give nobility to the subjects.

Still-life

The painting of everyday inanimate objects.

Tenebrism

Style where the background is in shadow and important figures are illuminated by a concentrated beam of light.

Thirty Year’s War

A religious war between Catholics and Protestants that led to political restructuring of Europe and emergence of nation-states.

Transubstantiation

The changing of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

Velasquez

Spanish painter and court painter to Philip IV, influential on other Baroque painters.

Worms-Eye View

A device that positions the observer's viewpoint very low in the scene.